Substances:

For Profiteroles

Choux Pastry (enough for six folks)

Chocolate Sauce (see under)

Chocolate Pastry Cream (see under)

For Chocolate Sauce

170 grams Dessert Chocolate (roughly chopped)

285 millilitres Water

115 grams Granulated Sugar

For Chocolate Pastry Cream

1 Egg (separated)

1 egg yolk

55 grams Castor Sugar

20 grams Plain Flour

15 grams Cornflour

285 millilitres Milk

85 grams Plain Chocolate (roughly chopped)

1 tablespoon Espresso Essence

Additionally, you will want a forcing bag with a plain eclair nozzle.

Methodology:

For Profiteroles

Set the oven to 200 levels Celsius.

Place the choux pastry, in small balls, onto a dampened baking sheet.

Bake till crisp (about half-hour)

Carry the profiteroles off the sheet and prick them to launch the steam.

Depart to chill.

Within the meantime, you possibly can put together the chocolate pastry cream.

For Chocolate Pastry Cream

Cream the egg yolks with the castor sugar till white.

Add the flours.

Use a small amount of chilly milk to make a clean paste.

Simmer the chocolate within the remaining milk till it has melted.

Pour the chocolate milk onto the egg combination.

Mix and return to the pan.

Guarantee that the pastry cream is totally clean.

Stir over a slowly rising warmth till the combination boils.

If lumps kind within the pastry cream, take away from the warmth instantly. Beat cream till it’s clean. Whether it is too thick, add a bit milk.

Whip the egg white till stiff.

Place a small portion of the boiling cream right into a bowl and fold within the egg white.

Put this portion again within the pan and stir fastidiously till the egg white units (about 3 minutes).

Flip the cream right into a bowl to chill.

As soon as the cream has cooled, add the espresso essence.

Now for the chocolate sauce.

For Chocolate Sauce

Soften the chocolate with the water over a low temperature.

When the chocolate is totally melted, add the sugar.

Anticipate the sugar to dissolve after which convey water to the boil.

Simmer with the lid off the pan till the sauce is wealthy and syrupy and can be utilized for coating pastry (about quarter-hour).

Enable the sauce to chill.

To End

Make a slit within the profiteroles and fill with chocolate pastry cream.

Spoon over the chocolate sauce.

Simply earlier than serving, I prefer to warmth a bit extra chocolate sauce after which spoon over the profiteroles.

Completely scrumptious when served with a cup of espresso.